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wikipedia compiles britannica errors Post date  10.03.2005, 11:12 AM

posted by ben vershbow

Whatever one's hesitations concerning the accuracy and reliability of Wikipedia, one has to admire their panache. Wikipedia applies the de-bugging ethic of programming to the production of knowledge, and this page is a wonderful cultural document - biting the collective thumb at print snobbism.

(CNET blogs)

Posted by ben vershbow on October 3, 2005 11:12 AM
tags: Online, britannica, bugs, coding, collaborative, debugging, encylopedia, internet, programming, web, wiki, wikipedia

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